Jobless man with drugs nabbed
SERIAN: Police arrested an unemployed man for possessing crystalline lumps, believed to be syabu at Kampung Krusen, Tebekang last Monday (Apr 5). District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said that a Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) team conducted a raid at the village and detained the suspicious man in his car for inspection. In the […]
Day One sees 149 traffic summonses issued
KUCHING: The start of the statewide Ops Ubah Suai Ekzos saw a total of 149 summonses issued for various traffic offences on Monday. From the figure, 34 were issued to motorcycle owners for exhaust system modifications. Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu revealed that the operation was carried out in seven districts — […]
Police nabs trio after high-speed chase
KUCHING: Three men who attempted to flee from police inspection, were arrested following a high-speed chase which resulted in their car crashing into a road divider at the Sungai Apong market last Thursday (Feb 18). The incident happened around 12.30am when a motorcycle patrol team spotted a car acting suspiciously around a hotel near Mile […]
Ministry to reduce retail prices of child restraint systems
KUCHING: The Transport Ministry will instruct the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) to have detailed discussions with the association of vehicle manufacturers and sellers as well as the manufacturers or importers to reduce the retail prices of child restraint systems or CRS, the Parliament was told today (September 23). This move was to make the CRS […]
Pekema praises MyPuspakom
KUCHING: The Association of Malay Importers and Traders of Motor Vehicles Malaysia (Pekema) Sarawak has praised the computerised vehicle inspection centre (Puspakom) for its proactive measure to introduce an online appointment app to smoothen the pace of vehicle inspections. The app named ‘MyPuspakom’ is in line with the new norms that are being practised in […]
Puspakom to operate on Saturdays in June
KUCHING: The computerised vehicle inspection centre (Puspakom) here will be opened on Saturdays effective today until month end, from 9am to 4pm. Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said this was to address the problem of long queues by vehicles waiting for inspection. “There are complaints that the queues started as early as 4.30am. […]
